Drink Your Books

This fall, we’re intoxicated by words.

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It’s book season. Recent weeks have seen the national launch of big-name titles from bigwig publishers like Scribner and Knopf with more coming in October. Translation? Even as we speak, eager bibliophiles in darkened apartments across the country are shunning the cold, gray light of autumn and settling themselves into squashy armchairs, hardbacks in hand. But wait. Something’s missing.

Ah, yes. Alcohol. Specifically wine. Because nothing complements Melville like Malbec, Rilke like Riesling, Zola like zinfandel (and pretension like pinot). But pairing books with wines can be tricky, so WW asked Kimberly Bernosky and Brian Dooley of Portland wine bar Noble Rot (2724 SE Ankeny St., 233-1999, noblerotpdx.com) to give us a leg up. With their help, we matched three exciting new book releases with regional wines to suit them. So now you, too, can drink your books.